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		<title>Why I Stopped Doing Abortions</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[A doctor decided it was finally time to stop doing abortions. Watch how and why he decided to stand for life. ]]></description>
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<p>For Dr Chew, doing abortions was an easy way to make money. Even though he felt guilty, he would convince himself that if he didn’t do it, someone else would.</p>
<p>But all that changed in a sudden turn of events and a profound encounter with God when he realised that he had been taking the lives of innocent babies all these years. </p>
<p>This video aims to reach doctors and the healthcare professionals, showing them the unique ability they have to offer hope and life-affirming options to women in unplanned pregnancies.</p>
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		<title>曙光 Light Breaks In</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2020 14:56:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[虽然堕胎使依芬陷入了人生低谷，她却找到了从新开始的希望与勇气。

How abortion led Yifen into a pit of depression yet she emerged with a renewed hope.]]></description>
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<p>当我渐渐清醒时，我记得我内心在呐喊，&#8221; 我做了什么？我到底做了什么？”</p>
<p>瞬时间，依芬的世界瓦解了。当她夺走腹中宝宝的性命时，就再也没有回头路了。</p>
<p>无法面对痛苦的她，陷入了人生的低谷。为了逃避现实，她沉浸在虚假的幻境里，把它当成避难所。长期以来，她无法脱离低谷。</p>
<p>请观看依芬的故事，看她是怎么找到摆脱愧疚的勇气，并且坦然接受现实。</p>
<p>如果你需要堕胎后的心里援助，或者知道有需要的人，我们鼓励你联络纽扣收寻计: <a href="mailto:hello@buttonsproject.org.sg" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">hello@buttonsproject.org.sg</a> 或者 Rachel&#8217;s Vineyard: <a href="mailto:info@rachelsvineyard.sg" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">info@rachelsvineyard.sg</a>.</p>
<p>“When I awoke groggily, I remember screaming in my heart, “What have I done? What have I actually done?”</p>
<p>Within minutes, Yifen’s world shattered into a million pieces. She had taken her unborn baby’s life and there was no turning back.<br />
Unable to face her pain, she dived into a deep pit of depression and sought refuge in a fantasy world. For a long time, she was unable to get out.</p>
<p>Watch Yifen’s story to find out how she finally found courage to break free and embraced her new reality.</p>
<p>If you are in need of post-abortive help or know someone who does, we encourage you to contact Buttons Project: <a href="mailto:hello@buttonsproject.org.sg" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">hello@buttonsproject.org.sg</a> or Rachel’s Vineyard: <a href="mailto:info@rachelsvineyard.sg" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">info@rachelsvineyard.sg</a>.</p>
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		<title>Red Washed White</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2020 10:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[From battling her own abortion trauma, June now helps others take active steps towards healing.]]></description>
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<p>“I didn’t dare to think that I could bring up a child without him. We managed to fix an abortion appointment within a week.”</p>
<p>That was the start of June’s journey as she battled with guilt, shame and pain from abortion for the next few years. Time did not heal her.</p>
<p>Learn about her abortion experience and how she processed the loss of her child.</p>
<p>If you need post-abortive help or know someone who does, visit <a href="http://www.buttonsproject.org.sg/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">www.buttonsproject.org.sg</span></a>.</p>
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		<title>Who Am I?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Aug 2019 12:13:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[How a single mum and her daughter found love and family.]]></description>
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<p>Jacelyn was young, on a school exchange program and alone in Budapest. She had just broken up from a casual relationship and the last thing she expected was to be pregnant.</p>
<p>As a Christian, she said “I’m sorry God, but I have no choice.”<br />
She booked an abortion appointment, determined to delete this chapter from her story.</p>
<p>What happened next? Watch to find out.</p>
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		<title>Dear Adults: What Do Kids Say About Life &#038; Abortion?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2019 11:30:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[What Do Kids Say About Life &#038; Abortion?]]></description>
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<p>Many of us still don’t know how to talk about life and abortion. So we decided to ask the kids what they thought. Perhaps, we could learn a thing or two from their childlikeness.</p>
<p>Catch their responses in our new series “Dear Adults” as the kids give their take on one of society’s most sensitive subjects.</p>
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		<title>Beauty Instead of Ashes</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2019 13:21:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I was doing my PhD at the local government university in Penang when I entered a relationship with a friend...]]></description>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">By Yifen Tan</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">I was studying my PhD when I entered a relationship with a friend. We were living together in the same house, but we kept our relationship a secret because he was in a relationship with another woman. To others, we presented ourselves simply as good friends. Back then, he did not want to break up with his girlfriend for various personal reasons, and there were many times when I saw no future in the relationship and wanted to leave.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">I was doing well in my studies, and had applied for a grant to study in Harvard. Things went smoothly and a professor in Harvard Medical School promised to take me in if my application was successful.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Six months later, in August 2010, I bought two pregnancy test kits after I had missed my period. I was very happy when not only one, but two kits showed two lines, confirming that I was pregnant.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Dead silence. He responded with silence when I broke the news of my pregnancy to him as he drove us home after I had seen a doctor for some flu-like symptoms. Back home, he emerged from the room after half an hour of silence. “I don’t want the baby,” he finally spoke. We argued for days.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>He suggested an abortion. It broke me because I knew from my scientific background that the baby in my womb was a human life, not a mere “lump of tissue”.</strong> Once, I even went down on my knees, pleading that I could not live with myself knowing what I have done to my baby if I had an abortion. But he promised that he would leave his girlfriend, marry me, and have children with me.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">I hardened my heart. I began to drink heavily. The abortion was scheduled five days later.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The night before the abortion, before I took the pill they gave me, I tossed a coin. Both times, the answer was ‘no’ to the abortion. But I took the pill anyway. He had threatened to leave me if I continued with the pregnancy.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Neither of us slept much that night. When I visited the bathroom in the wee hours of the morning, I began to bleed heavily. In the midst of that extreme pain, I knew that my baby had died.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The abortion appointment was scheduled very early in the morning. At the clinic, I was weighed, asked my name and age after I climbed into the specifically-designed bed, and injected with a drip. I lost consciousness at around 7 AM and awoke at 11 AM. It was over.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>A Beautiful Exchange</strong><br />
Even though he left his girlfriend after the abortion, our relationship did not improve. I left for the United States in January 2011. He broke up with me the very next month. The break-up plunged me into depression. I could not eat or sleep.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">I had done my little hometown back in Malaysia proud by not only going to Harvard Medical School, but also receiving a prestigious award for young women in science. Putting up a strong front was an everyday thing for me. But, due to the pain, there were times when my mind simply went blank and I could not absorb a single thing in the weekly scientific talks and seminars.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">It was then that I began to attend a church with a thriving young adult ministry, surrounding myself with many close friends when I joined a small group. We had many deep conversations, sharing our lives and testimonies with one another.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">After I tearfully confided in a pastor about my abortion, he introduced me to a Christian counsellor, who was also serving in a pregnancy crisis centre. <strong>My weekly visits to the counsellor involved long conversations through many tears, and even though I still have flashbacks and emotional breakdowns sometimes, I have learnt that healing is a journey.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">I am reminded that the God I believe in is here to do a beautiful exchange at each turn, giving us a crown of beauty for our ashes, gladness instead of mourning, and praise instead of despair.</p>
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		<title>Letters of Grace</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2019 08:53:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[From feeling guilty to a life with joy.]]></description>
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“The procedure took just a few hours. And just like that, you were gone forever. But you never left my heart.”</p>
<p>22 years ago, Serene made a choice—one that she still regrets. But, she was given a second chance. </p>
<p>Would Serene and her husband choose to terminate a child with the  grim prognosis of Spina Bifida or will they choose to give Grace a chance to live? </p>
<p>What they got in return was totally unexpected. It&#8217;s an incredible story.</p>
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